Ouchul Hwang
L.WAYV Gallery Artist
Ouchul Hwang is a renowned multidisciplinary artist in South Korea, known for his expertise in filmmaking, writing, painting, sculpture, and poetry. He has produced a diverse range of works across various mediums, including abstract paintings, drawings, calligraphy, sculptures, ceramics, and illustrated children's books, totaling over 2000 pieces. For Hwang, art serves as a reflection of his ethos (the essence of his lived experiences) and pathos (emotional expression). His artworks encapsulate the dynamic flow of his active life, dreams, and emotions
Filmmaker, Writer, Painter, Sculptor and Poet, born in 1963 in Yeosu, South Korea.
Inspired by his father, Hwang took up painting, drawing, writing, and reading great literature in his earliest childhood. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Seoul National University and has graduate credits from New York University and MFA at the School of Art and Design at Pratt Institute, USA. He completed the Doctor of Science from graduate school of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies at Waseda University in Tokyo Japan.
He is a prolific and influential painter, sculptor and poet who have created over 2000 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles. They include abstract paintings, drawings, calligraphy, sculptures, ceramics, illustrated children's books, poetry and imagery, including 'Painter's Dream', 'A King of No Kingdom', and the full-length screenplays 'Tear, Love, Smile', 'I am Beautiful', 'November', 'Too Late Beach' and 'I Mean It'.
His work is noted for its sensory components and often reflects
the activities, dreams and turbulence in his own life. During his many travels he was influenced by different kinds of people, developing a brilliance and maturity of style that encompasses the
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light and gracefulness along with the dark and passionate.
Hwang's works have been presented at exhibitions in various galleries and museums in South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand and The Netherlands, including the Ilmin Museum of Art in South Korea, the Duolun Museum of Modern Art in China, the Hokkaido Modern Art Museum in Japan, and the Queen's Gallery in Thailand. His works are widely collected by museums, galleries and private collectors.
Hwang also created films such as 'I Mean It', 'A Talk', 'Nothing is Something', 'Water', 'The King My Father', 'Thief', 'Vincent', and 'Takao Dancer'. His film project 'I am Beautiful' was an official selection at the 2010 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. The World's Renown film magazine VARIETY Tokyo Film Review says "...the directors' restless imaginations keep "Takao Dancer" from becoming the over- familiar romantic meller its plot basics would suggest. The tone unpredictably lurches from farce to thriller and beyond. While Hwang's colorful abstract paintings are perhaps the most conspicuous visual
element in a presentation that often verges on cinematic collage,.." His film <Takao Dancer> received 'Best Foreign Film Award' at Heritage Film Festivals IDOLS Sofia Bulgaria 2015.
As a writer/director, his new film <VINCENT> produced in Hangzhou, China 2015, has been world widely appreciated in many international film festivals such as 'In Competition' at The 9th Padova River Film Festival Italy, 'Nominated as best short film world cinema' at Norway-Tamil Film Festival 2015 Norway, 'Official Selection' at A Long Week of Short Films Festival, Shanghai China 2015.
His influence is profound. His interests and research continue to flourish in painting, drawing, sculpture and filmmaking. He taught art and filmmaking in many universities including Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Seoul National University, South Korea. He is currently a director of SNOWMAN PICTURES and teaches at USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural Creative Industry(ICCI), Shanghai, China.
